January 16, 2025
Welcome to 2025 – Be Ready!
What a welcome 2025 has given us! Record snowfalls and cold temperatures have been the story. I hope everyone has survived the January full of Mondays!
Later this month, over 100 4-H professionals will be gathering in Great Bend for 4-H Program Rally. I am excited about the professional development opportunities that lie ahead for us next week! For those of you attending, I look forward to connecting with you.
At 4-H Program Rally, we will learn a little more about Beyond Ready and what it means for Kansas 4-H. As the State 4-H Team has begun to put pieces together to join the nation in this 4-H movement, we have selected “Ready” as our word of the year. We need to be ready to establish new partnerships, ready to move the 4-H needle forward with the reach of Kansas youth, ready to continue to impact our communities, and ready to make the best better.
As we look towards 2025, let’s be ready for every challenge and opportunity that comes our way. Know that your efforts create ripples of positive change that resonate far and wide. Remember, every lesson taught, every moment shared, and every challenge overcome will bring us closer to a brighter future for Kansas youth.
Let’s “Be Ready” for everything we can be in 2025. Let’s lean on each other and continue to make Kansas 4-H the best we can for our future leaders.